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Thank goodness for your friend taking her.Date: 8/20/2008 12:12:22 PM
Author: Madam Bijoux
She was probably going to be killed because there was no home for her. I just e-mailed my friend to ask whether they'll be keeping the colt also - I'll post that here when I get the answer.
IG, you and I are both on the same soapbox. For anyone who wants to try to help these poor horses, there are many ways you can do so. Here is a charity that does great work and they are now campaigning internationally.Date: 8/20/2008 12:23:03 PM
Author: Irishgrrrl
Awwwww! ADORABLE!!!
Madam, thank you for sharing this! And please tell your friend 'thank you' for rescuing this beautiful girl and her baby! We need more people like her in this world!!!
Lorelei, I'm involved with a horse rescue based in Maryland. They specialize in Thoroughbreds . . . in fact, that's where my Red came from. They go to a local horse auction every week and bid against the 'killer buyers' who are buying Thoroughbreds to send to slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico. (The killer buyers usually look for larger horses, like Thoroughbreds and drafts, since they are paid per pound by the slaughterhouses. So, larger horses are generally more at risk than a pony or miniature horse would be.) Sometimes the rescue outbids the killer buyer at the auction, and sometimes the rescue buys horses directly from the killer buyer ~ they just pay the killer buyer more than he could have gotten for the horse at the slaughterhouse. Many people think it's only older, sickly horses who are sent to slaughter. This is absolutely NOT TRUE! Many, many healthy horses are slaughtered in Mexico and Canada on a daily basis. Fortunately, horse slaughter is a thing of the past here in the US. However, the slaughter houses in Mexico and Canada are typically much worse than the ones in the US ever were. (And they were BAD!) Also, the ride to the slaughter house is very hard on the horses. They usually cram entirely too many horses onto a trailer that wasn't made to haul horses in the first place, and they don't typically stop to allow the horses to eat/drink. The ride is usually a very long one. I'm guessing that maybe this mare was going to face the same fate, if Madam's friend had not adopted her.
OK, you guys have found my soapbox issue! LOL!
OH, DON''T EVEN GET ME STARTED!!!Date: 8/20/2008 12:30:09 PM
Author: Madam Bijoux
The whole Thoroughbred game stinks.The race horses who don''t win races are either sold to slaughterhouses or killed for the insurance money.
MZ, I''ve heard a lot of horror stories about people who can''t afford to keep their horses anymore, so they just turn them loose! I bet that''s what happened to this poor pony.Date: 8/20/2008 7:26:32 PM
Author: movie zombie
people are walking away from their homes because they can''t afford them.....and leaving their horses and pets behind. or in the case here, someone dumped a pony in the hills. a woman found said pony and has done everything to find the owner.....how do you lose a pony?! however, no one is stepping up to claim it. good news is that there is interest in adopting it. one can hope it is a legit offer and home and not for animal experiements and/or slaughterhouse.
movie zombie
ps your friend is a HERO.
Date: 8/20/2008 12:03:30 PM
Author: Lorelei
Madam, how wonderful of your friend''s friend to adopt her and now her baby. Why was she due to be killed, just because there wasn''t a home for her?